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your unhappiness on the world and decide to punish it for treating you so poorly. It leads to unproductive thoughts that don’t make your life any better. Vengeance makes the world a worse place for yourself and others.</p><p id="e5f9">Transformation is when you start to think, “Could I be the problem?” It’s when you use your burdens as a reason to start changing your life for the better.</p><p id="eba7">This is the sixth installment in a series of articles on Jordan Peterson’s book, <i>12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,</i> where he uses his expertise in psychology to suggest the principles needed to live a good life.</p><p id="79a7">Here is the previous installment if you missed it:</p><div id="a649" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/teach-children-good-behaviour-before-society-disciplines-them-for-you-a2ef154d9ce3"> <div> <div> <h2>Teach Children Good Behaviour Before Society Disciplines Them For you</h2> <div><h3>Parents are a proxy to the real world.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*hlfXPM6Qwwu8_6T-D2VWiw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="e643">The sixth rule for life is</p><p id="7b31" type="7">Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.</p><h1 id="ad5b">How to clean up your life</h1><p id="7ded">It’s been established that if you choose to criticize the wor

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ld instead of yourself, then nothing positive will come out of it. So where do you start when it comes to cleaning up the mess that is your own life?</p><p id="f349">There are endless questions you could ask yourself to get an idea of where some of the messes are.</p><ul><li>Am I working hard on my career, or has bitterness and resentment stopped me from putting in my maximum effort?</li><li>Do I have bad habits that impact my wellbeing?</li><li>Have I told my family and friends the things they need to hear for me to live a happy life without regret?</li><li>Am I taking full advantage of the opportunities offered to me?</li><li>Are there things I am capable of doing that I <i>know</i> would make my life better, but I just haven’t done them?</li></ul><p id="93b4" type="7">“If the answer is no, here’s something to try: Start to stop doing what you know to be wrong. Start stopping today.”</p><p id="376a">Don’t waste time questioning how you know something you’re doing is wrong. Trust your instincts and stop the actions you know are not good for yourself.</p><p id="249b">After doing this for weeks, months, and years, you’ll see how your life will transform into a more confident future. Gone are the days when you spoke negatively of yourself and didn’t believe in your capabilities.</p><p id="72e2">Don’t get me wrong, life will still be full of struggle and suffering, but you’ll be able to shoulder those burdens much better than before.</p><p id="d970">The world isn’t out to get you.</p><p id="f4bb">It’s a good place if you can clean up your life enough to view it as such.</p></article></body>

12 RULES FOR LIFE: AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS | PART 6

Take Responsibility for Your Life Instead of Blaming The World

Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities you have?

A woman experiencing chronic unhappiness is having a conversation with her therapist. She tells him that she hopes her suffering is entirely her fault. The therapist, taken aback, asks her why.

The woman had been reflecting on her unhappiness for some time now. She realized that if her suffering was caused by her own actions, then there was a chance that her life could be fixed.

However, if it was because of God — if there was a flaw in reality, then there would be nothing she could do. She would have to suffer forever.

The woman realized it was easier to change her life than change the rules of reality itself.

This woman is a character in T.S. Eliot’s play, The Cocktail Party. She embodies how an unhappy life means you have two choices: vengeance or transformation.

Vengeance is when you blame your unhappiness on the world and decide to punish it for treating you so poorly. It leads to unproductive thoughts that don’t make your life any better. Vengeance makes the world a worse place for yourself and others.

Transformation is when you start to think, “Could I be the problem?” It’s when you use your burdens as a reason to start changing your life for the better.

This is the sixth installment in a series of articles on Jordan Peterson’s book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, where he uses his expertise in psychology to suggest the principles needed to live a good life.

Here is the previous installment if you missed it:

Teach Children Good Behaviour Before Society Disciplines Them For you

Parents are a proxy to the real world.

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The sixth rule for life is

Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.

How to clean up your life

It’s been established that if you choose to criticize the world instead of yourself, then nothing positive will come out of it. So where do you start when it comes to cleaning up the mess that is your own life?

There are endless questions you could ask yourself to get an idea of where some of the messes are.

Am I working hard on my career, or has bitterness and resentment stopped me from putting in my maximum effort?
Do I have bad habits that impact my wellbeing?
Have I told my family and friends the things they need to hear for me to live a happy life without regret?
Am I taking full advantage of the opportunities offered to me?
Are there things I am capable of doing that I know would make my life better, but I just haven’t done them?

“If the answer is no, here’s something to try: Start to stop doing what you know to be wrong. Start stopping today.”

Don’t waste time questioning how you know something you’re doing is wrong. Trust your instincts and stop the actions you know are not good for yourself.

After doing this for weeks, months, and years, you’ll see how your life will transform into a more confident future. Gone are the days when you spoke negatively of yourself and didn’t believe in your capabilities.

Don’t get me wrong, life will still be full of struggle and suffering, but you’ll be able to shoulder those burdens much better than before.

The world isn’t out to get you.

It’s a good place if you can clean up your life enough to view it as such.